Wareham firefighters battle flames for over an hour

WAREHAM — Firefighters battled a blaze for over an hour before it was under control Sunday morning. No one was injured, according to the Wareham Fire Department.

CAROL KOZMA

WAREHAM — Firefighters battled a blaze for over an hour before it was under control Sunday morning. No one was injured, according to the Wareham Fire Department.

"It was a hard one to fight, there was a lot of smoke, lot of heat, lot of fire traveling through the structure," said Fire Capt. Mark Rogers.

The fire was reported at 11:02 a.m. at 29 Bayview St., and came under control at 12:25 p.m, Rogers said. According to a press release, 40 firefighters, seven engines and one ladder truck were on the scene.

Rogers said the house, a two-story wood frame Cape Cod-style home, is not habitable.

He estimated fire damage at $180,000.

"There was a resident that lives there, but she was not at home at the time" of the fire, he said.

Rogers said the fire was hard to fight because the house had once been a summer home that was later converted into a year-around home.

Because of construction practices, there were a lot of "voids" in the house, he said.

"It took us some time to get into those voids."

He said the cause of the fire is unknown and is still under investigation.